The term geolocation refers to the act of locating the geographic position of a person, a place, or any place of interest. The geographic position of the object is determined mainly by the latitude and longitude of the object, sometimes its height from sea level is also taken into account. In this section, we are going to learn about different techniques that location-based applications use to determine a user's location. You may skip this section if you are already familiar with them, or if you just cannot wait to get started coding!
There are several ways to locate the geographic position of a computing device. Let's briefly learn about the most effective ones among them:
Global Positioning System (GPS): Nowadays, tech savvy people carry GPS-enabled smartphones in their pockets. Devices like these act as GPS receivers; they constantly exchange information with GPS satellites orbiting the Earth and calculate their geographic position...